King Promise Biography: Age, Hometown, Parents, Girlfriend Serwaa Amihere

April 19, 2020July 7, 2024 George Awiadem Maclean

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King Promise Full Biography:

Gregory Bortey Promise Newman, better known by his stage name King Promise, is a Ghanaian Afrobeats & Highlife singer, and songwriter.

Formerly known by his nickname as “Boy Pee”, King Promise is signed to KillBeatz’s record label, Legacy Life Entertainment (LLE).

King Promise draws a lot of inspiration from Highlife legends like Daddy Lumba, Kojo Antwi, and Ofori Amponsah.

The clean-shaven Ghanaian artiste is best known for hit songs like “CCTV” featuring Sarkodie & Mugeez, and “Tokyo” featuring Davido.

Age

Gregory Bortey Promise Newman aka King Promise was born on Wednesday, August 16^th, 1995.

The “Abena” hitmaker is currently 27 years old and will be 28 come next year, 2023.

Parents and Early Life

King Promise was born to businessman Mr Francis Newman and trader, Angela Quaye in Accra.

He was lucky to have a music-loving dad who so much loved good music and constantly played such to his hearing, making him who he is today.

Hometown

King Promise hails from Nungua in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

King-Promise Parents mother father family sister killbeatz. — King Promise with his mom, dad, little sister & manager Killbeatz (behind)

Girlfriend Serwaa Amihere

Early in 2020, the rumour mill had it that the “Hey Sexy” hitmaker was going out with the beautiful newscaster of GHOne TV, Serwaa Amihere.

Read This: Serwaa Amihere Biography: age, family (mum, sister & grandma), awards, career, shs, relationship with Davido & King Promise…
Serwaa Amihere Biography

Both King Promise and Serwaa Amihre have publicly denied having any amorous relationship.

According to King Promise, rumours of them (he & Serwaa) dating spread on social media after they were spotted together during the christening of music producer Killbeatz’s baby on Sunday, January 26^th, 2020.

The “CCTV” hitmaker maintains that for now, all his focus is on his music but if nature decides in the near future that he marries Serwaa Amihere, he surely will do so.

What they both say is that, it is just “friendship” and nothing else even though the rumour mill still keeps stinging like a bee.

King Promise with girlfriend Serwaa Amihere GHone newscaster. — King-Promise with Serwaa Amihere —newscaster of GHOne TV

JHS, SHS & University Education

King Promise had both his basic and junior high school education at De Kings Academy in Accra.

He attended Nungua Senior High School in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana for his high school education.

King Promise graduated from the Central University on December 9, 2017, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Marketing).

Also present at the 17th graduation ceremony held at Mitso Campus was the Chancellor of the Central University, Pastor Dr Mensah Otabil.

Music Career

One of the key figures who played a vital role in King Promise’s love for good music was his father, Mr Francis Newman.

Growing up as a kid, King Promise listened to all kinds of music played by his dad and that is what has made him the good singer he is today.

He started making waves when he first dropped singles like “So Special” and “No Problem”.

In 2016, King Promise made a huge music statement when he released “Thank God” produced by Killbeatz which featured UK-based Ghanaian, Fuse ODG.

Genres Of Music:

Afrobeats, Highlife, Afropop, R&B, Hip-Hop, among others.

Top Artistes King Promise Has worked With

Some of the best artistes King Promise has worked in his music career include: BET award winner Sarkodie, Wizkid, Mr Eazi, Fuse ODG, Adina, Pappy Kojo, Darkovibes, Scientific, J-Town, among others.

He was featured on DJ Vision’s smash hit titled “Double Trouble” which also had Sarkodie on. The “Double Trouble” song topped most of the chart shows for weeks in Ghana.

King Promise exhibited his songwriting prowess when he co-wrote the award-winning song “Too late” performed by Adina and produced by Killbeatz.

The “Too Late” song by Adina went on to win the “Record of the year” at the 2017 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

Hit Songs

King Promise ft. Mugeez & Sarkodie – CCTV (Official Music Video)…
King Promise – Selfish (Official Music Video)…
King Promise – Abena (Official Music Video)…
King Promise – Sisa (Official Music Video)…
“My Lady”
“Commando”
“Hangover” — featuring Omar Sterling of R2Bees
“Oh Yeah”
“Hey Sexy”
“Thank God”
“Hapiness”

Albums

King Promise’s latest album is titled “As Promised” and it has the following songs on it: Intro, “Bra” ft. Kojo Antwi, “Odo” ft. Raye, “Commando”, “My lady”, “Selfish” part 2 ft. Simi, “I tried”, “Letter”, “Hangover” ft. Omar Sterling, “Tokyo” ft. Wizkid, “Happiness”, “Obee esh3”, “Abena”, “Dutty Whyne”, and “CCTV” ft. Mugeez & Sarkodie.

Awards and Nominations

Headies 2019 — Nigeria’s biggest and the most prestigious music award show

2019 —Best African Artiste Recognition Award — #Headies2019 — Winner!

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2020 (#VGMA21)

Read This: #VGMA21 Full List Of Winners: Kuami Eugene crowned Artiste Of The Year

2020 — Album Of The Year (“As Promised”) — #VGMA2020 — Nominated
2020 — Highlife Song Of The Year (“Bra”) — #VGMA2020 — Nominated
2020 — Afrobeats Song Of The Year (“Commando”) — #VGMA2020 — Nominated
2020 — Highlife Artiste Of The Year — #VGMA2020 — Nominated
2020 — Songwriter Of The Year (“Bra” ft. Kojo Antwi) — #VGMA2020 — Nominated
2020 — Male Vocalist Of The Year — #VGMA2020 — Nominated
2020 — Best Collaboration Of The Year (“Bra” ft. Kojo Antwi) — #VGMA2020 — Nominated

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2019 (#VGMA2019)

2019 — Songwriter Of The Year (CCTV ft. Sarkodie & Mugeez) — #VGMA2019 — Winner!
2019 — Artiste Of The Year — #VGMA2019 — Nominated. Note: No winner was announced
2019 — Song Of The Year (CCTV ft. Sarkodie & Mugeez) — #VGMA2019 — Nominated. Note: No winner was announced
2019 — Highlife Song Of The Year (CCTV ft. Sarkodie & Mugeez) — #VGMA2019 — Nominated
2019 — Highlife Artiste Of The Year — #VGMA2019 — Nominated
2019 — Afro Pop Song Of The Year (Tokyo ft. Wizkid) — #VGMA2019 — Nominated
2019 — Male Vocalist Of The Year — #VGMA2019 — Nominated
2019 — Best Collaboration Of The Year (CCTV ft. Sarkodie & Mugeez) — #VGMA2019 — Nominated
2019 — Best African Collaboration Of The Year (Tokyo ft. Wizkid) — #VGMA2019 — Nominated

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2018 (#VGMA2018)

2018 — Song Of The Year (Oh Yeah) — #VGMA2018 — Nominated
2018 — Afro Pop Song Of The Year (Oh Yeah) — #VGMA2018 — Nominated
2018 — Music Video Of The Year (“Selfish” shot by Vertex) — #VGMA2018 — Nominated
2018 — Male Vocalist Of The Year (Selfish) — #VGMA2018 — Nominated
2018 — Best New Artiste Of The Year — #VGMA2018 — Nominated

3Music Awards 2020

2020 — Album Of The Year (“As Promised”)— #3Music Awards — Nominated
2020 — Highlife Act Of The Year— #3Music Awards — Nominated
2020 — Highlife Song Of The Year (“Bra” ft. Kojo Antwi) — #3Music Awards — Nominated
2020 — Afrobeats / Afro Pop Song Of The Year (“Tokyo” ft. Wizkid) — #3Music Awards — Nominated
2020 — Best Male Vocal Performance Of The Year (“Bra” ft. Kojo Antwi) — #3Music Awards — Nominated

3Music Awards 2019

2019 — Hiplife Song Of The Year (CCTV ft. Sarkodie & Mugeez) — #3Music Awards — Winner!

3Music Awards 2018

2018 — Breakout Act Of The Year — #3Music Awards — Nominated
2018 — Song Of The Year (Oh Yeah) — #3Music Awards — Nominated

Ghana Music Awards (UK) 2019

2019 — Best Collaboration of the Year (CCTV ft. Sarkodie & Mugeez) — #GMA(UK) — Winner!
2019 — Best Collaboration of the Year (Tokyo ft. Wizkid) — #GMA(UK) — Nominated
2019 — Artiste of the Year — #Ghana Music Awards (UK) — Nominated
2019 — Popular Song of the Year (CCTV ft. Sarkodie & Mugeez) — #GMA(UK) — Nominated
2019 — Highlife Song of the Year (CCTV ft. Sarkodie & Mugeez) — #GMA(UK) — Nominated
2019 — Highlife Artiste of the Year — #GMA(UK) — Nominated
2019 — Best Male Vocalist of the Year — #GMA(UK) — Nominated

Ghana Music Awards (UK) 2018

2018 — Best Male Vocalist of the Year (Selfish) — @Ghana Music Awards (UK) — Winner!
2018 — Artiste of the Year — @Ghana Music Awards (UK) — Nominated
2018 — Highlife Song of the Year (Selfish) — @Ghana Music Awards (UK) — Nominated
2018 — Highlife Artiste of the Year — @Ghana Music Awards (UK) — Nominated
2018 — Most Popular Song of the Year (Selfish) — @Ghana Music Awards (UK) — Nominated

Ghana Music Awards (UK) 2017

2017 — Best New Artiste of the Year (Selfish) — @ Ghana Music Awards (UK) — Nominated

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Source: George Awiadem Maclean | BieGyaNation.Com